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Earlier in the week, I asked your thoughts about three key divisional contests from Friday: Lansingburgh at Bishop Maginn (Class A), Cohoes at Ravena (Class B) and Fonda at Chatham (Class C). I’m happy to report all three contests proved to be quite intriguing.

Bishop Maginn needed overtime to dispatch the Knights, 22-16 at Bleecker Stadium to improve to 5-0 and set the stage for Saturday’s huge Southeast Division clash with Troy (5-0, 3-0).

Cohoes proved once again it is a legitimate Class B title contender by recording a hard-fought 13-7 win over the Indians. The Tigers (5-0, 3-0) have already surpassed the win total of the previous two years combined and can secure the No. 1 seed from the Reinfurt Division next week at Hudson.

Chatham held off a late rally by the Braves to register a pulse-pounding 20-19 verdict. The Panthers (5-0, 5-0) can lock up the No. 1 seed from South Division next week with a win over Tamarac (4-1, 4-1).

Even though Lansingburgh, Ravena and Fonda lost Friday, each squad has to be encouraged by thoughts of getting a playoff rematch.

What a great night for Section II football.

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Congrats to the Chatham Panthers on a great win. That has to be the best Highschool game I have seen, however, I and many other Panther fans are concerned about the Fonda player that was taken away by the Chatham Rescue Squad. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.

WOW!!! Cohoes vs Ravena AMAZING game. Would love to see a round #2 but both teams will have to do the work to get there as you have Schalmont,Hudson Falls, and a dangerous passing Albany Academy team to get through again..Congrats to Cohoes as it is well deserved.Coach Ducharme and Cross have done an amazing job turning things around and have proven that hard work and dedication can provide results. This was the 1st year that they had almost 100% off season dedication by the players and hopefully the younger guys learn that the only way to succeed is by putting on the work when others are taking it easy in the off season.

ps..A NOTE TO THE COHOES TEAM– HISTORY is the past so stay in the Moment to avoid History getting here to soon.

Thank you for the concern of my son, the Fonda player. He fortunately was not seriously injured. He sprained his back and is on his way to recovery. Thank you for the thoughts and prayers from the Panther fans and the Brave fans. I also want to thank the Chatham rescue squad and everyone on the field assisting him.

rensselaer is a very good team they are well coach an has been play in since a year together that is a good group look for rensselaer to be on top for awhile they have been reborn best for all section 2 team in the playoff

In response to comment 5, tragic is not usually a word I associate with hs sports. I do recall CBA having some forgettable seasons in the late 90s. With a population as small as CBA, it must be difficult to put a quality product on the field, also I think the team consists primarily of Sophs and Juniors.

CBA might have won section 2 two years ago but they still lost 3 games that year and la salle should have made the playoffs over them anyways la salle had the same record and beat cba in the regular season and just because cba made the playoffs last year i wouldnt call that a good season they got rocked in the first round cba is just a horrible football program now sure they used to be one of the best but those days are over maybe sometime down the road they will be good again but not anytime soon this team is horrible and has 24 players

To comment #14, I don’t know what you are trying to get at. All 60 Section II schools that offer varsity football play in classification — meaning they are grouped by school size in Class AA (13 teams), Class A (12 teams), Class B (11 teams), Class C (16 teams, one playing in Class D) and Class D (9 teams).

No school official determines where a school competes.

Cohoes has been a member of the Capital Conference Reinfurt Division, a Class B league, for years. The school has not moved up or down in class and continues to compete against the same schools it has for decades.

The Tigers clinched their first division title since 1996 Friday night with a win at Hudson.